{
  "id": 1501175,
  "title": "Molecular communication enables cooperative genomic RNA replication in all-aqueous droplet colonies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/molecular-communication-enables-cooperative-genomic-rna-replication",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.15.744999v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Multicellular organization enables biological functions to be distributed among specialized cells and coordinated through intercellular communication. Integrating this organizational principle with genome replication would link functional division of labor to the propagation of genetic information. Here, we show that genomic RNAs with complementary functions can cooperatively replicate across…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}